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Government expense to GDP: compare countries

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Government expense to GDP by country

Annual, Percent

Source: World Bank

Government expense to GDP: latest observations by country
Date	Japan	United States
Dec 31, 2000	16.9%	17.9%
Dec 31, 2001	16.0%	19.5%
Dec 31, 2002	15.9%	20.1%
Dec 31, 2003	15.5%	20.7%
Dec 31, 2004	14.9%	20.4%
Dec 31, 2005	14.9%	20.7%
Dec 31, 2006	14.7%	20.6%
Dec 31, 2007	13.9%	20.9%
Dec 31, 2008	15.1%	22.8%
Dec 31, 2009	18.1%	25.6%
Dec 31, 2010	17.1%	26.1%
Dec 31, 2011	18.5%	25.3%
Dec 31, 2012	17.9%	23.9%
Dec 31, 2013	17.9%	22.9%
Dec 31, 2014	17.3%	22.6%
Dec 31, 2015	16.6%	22.4%
Dec 31, 2016	16.4%	22.4%
Dec 31, 2017	15.9%	22.1%
Dec 31, 2018	15.7%	22.2%
Dec 31, 2019	16.0%	22.5%
Dec 31, 2020	23.0%	31.8%
Dec 31, 2021	20.8%	31.2%
Dec 31, 2022	20.1%	24.6%
Dec 31, 2023	—	24.4%